I have been emailing support and was told to get the functionality i need i had to upgrade to 1.1 beta so I have done this but I dont see an option to add an image upload to a product or how to populate an attribute does anyone know what david is talking about and how to do this. see emails below.
I Posted On: Jul 16 2008 01:13 PM
I have created a block that will allow the customer to upload an image on the product detail page the upload capabilities works fine what I cannot seem to figure out is how to post this image to the product order (IE as a custom product attribute) I cannot seem to find any information on magentocommerce.com on how to create an attribute on the fly and populate that attribute with data. or even create an attribute and populate it on the fly. your help is much appreciated I have two sites that are ready to go live and are just waiting on this capability.
David Mintz
Posted On: Jul 16 2008 06:09 PM
My name is David Mintz and I will be assisting you with this ticket. I understand what you are asking with regard to the images displaying in the completed orders. What I am not so clear about is what you mean by “how to create an attribute on the fly and populate that attribute with data” and “how to create an attribute and populate it on the fly”. Can you please clarify a bit on this point and how it relates to your initial question about displaying images.
I look forward to your reply.
Sincerely,
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David | Magento Support
I Posted On: Jul 17 2008 01:38 PM
David,
What I am trying to do is create a Custom T-shirt ordering site. The customer will select the style shirt they want. Then the color, size and quantity. Then they will upload the image that needs to be printed on that shirt. I want the file name of that image to go into a product attribute and continue with the order from that point until the checkout.
What I am trying to figure out is
1: what is the best way to do this? Pre-create an attribute or create one via code to be executed during the upload process
2: how to populate that attribute with the file name.
David
Posted On: Jul 17 2008 03:58 PM
Thank you for that clarification. Unfortunately, the result that you are trying to achieve would require advanced customization, and therefore qualifies as Code Development, which is not covered by the Support Scope. The good news is that Magento version 1.1 already has this functionality built into it. A beta version of 1.1 is already available at http://www.magentocommerce.com/download and a stable version of 1.1 will be released in the very near future. Please continue to check magentocommerce.com for updates about the upcoming stable release. Thank you for your patience.
I’m pretty much in exactly the same boat. My client wants to add custom text and images to a purchased product.
I’m afraid that this is not supported by 1.1. I think the customer service person was thinking of virtual products feature which is not exactly what we’re looking for.
Does anyone else have ideas about how to accomplish this?
In table catalog_product_option_type title vchar increase as it only limited to 50 characters and is usually too short for the html code.
The only problem was I could still determine in the shopping cart and order in the completion of the hmtl code.
Here still be like the screen in practice.
Michael when can you expect the upload function that is available to them because I xtcommerce to magento want change and I think a lot more than 1000 of these images in Custom Options include?
Thank you in advance!
Does anyone have an idea as to when this feature might be implemented in Magento? or any idea’s on another way to implement this same style of functionality?
If you uncomment this section, you will activate the file option in “Custom Options” in the product configuration (Backend; upper part of the attachment).
After you configure a file option for a product, you be able to select a file in the product page of this product (Frontend).
In the product page you’ll see a file input field and an Upload-Button. You can use the file input field to select a file.
Unfortunately, the upload-Button doesn’t work.
Until now, I don’t have any solutions for this problem. But I keep on searching.
Hi gofreaky, thanks for the fast resopnse. I suspect the fact the code was commented means that the Magento team havn’t fully implemented the feature yet. Anyone from the Magento team care to elaborate as to how long it might take for the feature to be implemented? It would be great to know as it’s pretty much the deciding factor for me (and I suspect others aswell) as to which ecommerce platform I choose.
Hi the file upload option is also the most important factor for me. I really like the magento layout and all.... but i really need a file upload option to work.
I really hope they make something happen fast. But i gotta say nice job to the magento team.
